Sufficient tissue and organ perfusion is essential for the survival of critically ill patients. The circulating blood volume (BV) has so far played no major role in hemodynamic monitoring. Therefore, this study evaluated the BV in 71 intensive care patients. The pulse densitometrically determined BV (LiMON®) correlated significantly with the cardiac stroke volume, followed the regularities of the Frank Starling mechanism and was slightly superior to the global end diastolic volume GEDV (PiCCO®) in predicting volume responsiveness.
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Sufficient tissue and organ perfusion is essential for the survival of critically ill patients. The circulating blood volume (BV) has so far played no major role in hemodynamic monitoring. Therefore, this study evaluated the BV in 71 intensive care patients. The pulse densitometrically determined BV (LiMON®) correlated significantly with the cardiac stroke volume, followed the regularities of the Frank Starling mechanism and was slightly superior to the global end diastolic volume GEDV (PiCCO®)...
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